base only, max.: H. 5.4 × W. 10 × D. 6.6 cm (2 1/8 × 3 15/16 × 2 5/8 in.) vessel and stand, max.: H. 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
Carved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with misfired olive-brown celadon glaze and kiln adhesions. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseJade carved in Mughal style; pale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseCold-painted funerary ware: light gray earthenware with cold-painted red and black pigments over white gesso ground
2nd-1st century BCEChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
16th-17th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue hallmark reading "Shendetang zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseEarthenware with bichrome slip-painted decoration
2nd millennium BCEChineseGreen Jun ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseLacquered earthenware
3rd-2nd century BCEChineseStoneware with localized splashes of natural ash glaze over impressed decoration
4th-1st century BCEChineseMonochrome glazed porcelain, "mirror black" type: porcelain with black glaze and decoration painted in overglaze gold enamel
18th centuryChinese